He should fight good names he knows he could beat until he gets his belts back. I really don’t think Usyk is planning a title reign
He has "no easy way out" playing while he is stood there on a fancy platform with his name emblazoned by flames, a fireworks display, in his "home city" (not really, he's from Watford but pretends to be a Londoner) that he can barely travel outside of without getting a nose bleed and a huge fancy stadium. Let's see him in some hell hole. Joshua seems like the sort of guy to me that has somebody on standy to wipe his own backside.
No surprise there, AJ is fake AF. He certainly talks a good game before fight night, just like Haye did, but unfortunately that only works so many times... exposed, humiliated, dethroned by Usyk. Next time, less talk and more action big boy bodybuilder!!!
The 254 lbs hulk couldn't put a 12 days notice, 37 year old Carlos Takam away legitimately, while prime Povetkin iced prepared prime Takam in 10. AJ fought at his best weight; the extra bulk will just slow him down more, rigidify him further and sap the gas tank faster. AJ is finished.
weird stuff happens. he could still make a few fights and stash some cash. that is one option...not a bad one for him. Go back to what got him there in the first place. Bulk up...go for the ko each and every time. has he ever knocked any one out before..uh...Yeah. Hang around a couple of years...another opportunity for one of the straps will occur. he could still get it. on the other hand...he could retire..probably has more money than most. of course..forget about the press and those that tell you how great you are. again...go back to what got you there in the first place. He was never going to be a mixture of Willie Pepp and Ali....
"No easy way out" is very apt considering that Usyk was his mandatory and the fight only happened due to Wilder winning the arbitration. It's also a theme from Rocky 4, which was not unintentional. AJ was supposed to be Rocky; taking on the malevolent, blonde haired, blue-eyed Soviet and beating him (albeit in his own rather than the Soviet's backyard). Unfortunately for him and his handlers, Femi more closely resembled Apollo Creed vs Drago and received similar treatment in the ring lmao
Yes, it does actually make sense, but in an unintended and ironic sort of way. Well put. If Usyk put his foot down in the 11th, it may have ended up quite similarly to Creed vs Drago. I think Femi was that knackered that he may have ended up dead up against the ropes like Morrison vs Mercer... No wonder he was smiling at the end. It could have been a lot worse. He looked in agony back on his stool and he should be thankful that he was not in a worse spot.
I think he should fight the loser of Wilder-Fury 3. If he loses large to Usyk in a rematch he's seen his last big pay day and last fight headlining in a football stadium.
I don't like to lose money so I'd bet on neither but if you put a gun to my head I'd bet on the hulk. AJ's more likely to get KO'd that way though, that is the bet I'd certainly be taking.
Usyk fought Joshua on his home ground it would be nice if Usyk got to defend his belts for the first time in Ukraine. We all know that Hearn won’t allow that to happen, Joshua likes to be the home fighter and needs all the privileges that go with it .